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chapter 4: hard to love

Grace’s pov

I looked at the man who was now staring at me with what I assume is awe, “like I told your majesty, my name is Grace” I said. I looked around and started chanting a spell so that they wont be able to track us.

I guess those are the benefits of being a hybrid, I also have the upper hand because Hendricks doesn’t know that I am a hybrid.

I spent 5 months with my so-called mate, and he never asked about my family of my parents, not that I wanted him to ask.

*Flashback *

I met Hendricks about 5 months ago, I had just moved out from home because I just finished my degree and I wanted to look for a job in the city. All I wanted was to give my mother her space and for once in her life she could be free and not be reminded of the pain. You see my mother is a werewolf, when she reached the age of 18 she found her mate and luckily for her he was a wizard. Well maybe luckily isn’t the right word, well like every she-wolf she immediately jumped into bed with him but unfortunately the honeymoon phase didn’t last for long. It turns out he was married and only in town for business, he left her all alone and a few weeks later she found out she was pregnant. She gave birth to me, a hybrid child, half werewolf, and half wizard. It’s like I was rubbing It in her face that her wizard mate left, she didn’t hate me or mistreat me, but she didn’t exactly love me. I came back home to a meal cooked by a chef, a house cleaned by a maid, and I hardly saw her.

She was there and she also wasn’t, I didn’t get the warm hugs, but I did get the fancy Christmas gifts under the tree. I was raised mostly by the staff but at the end of the day my mother was still my mother, and I wanted her love. When I finally turned 16 I realised that she will never love me, to her I was just an obligation, a responsibility and nothing more. Fast forward to 5 months ago when I came back home to spend my birthday with my mother, the moment I got to the pack territory I was welcomed by dead bodies. The old, the young and even infants were dead besides their parents, it was a gruesome scene indeed and despite knowing that there might still be danger I ran to my mother’s house. I didn’t care if the people who did this were still there I just wanted to make sure that I see my mother. Actually, dying besides, her wouldn’t be a bad thing at all, I know she never loved me as much as she was supposed to, but I loved her. When I got home I found her at the front porch and a man was standing next to her looking down at her as she was struggling to breath, and he seemed he was having the time of his life.

I immediately ran to her and as I got closer I felt my wolf Reign starting to jump around screaming mate I my head. When I got closer and sat down next to my mother a scent hit me, I looked up and the man standing there looked at me with an amused smile. “well, hello there mate” he said, and I knew in that moment that I would rather die than be mates with a person who just killed my mother. I ignored him and then looked at her mother, she looked at me and smiled, “happy birthday Gracie” she said struggling to speak or even breath. “mother please don’t leave me, please hang on for a second. Don’t die” I said to her, and she held my cheeks and looked at me. “you are the best daughter a mother could ever ask for, kind and brave” she said, and I smiled and kissed her forehead. “I love you mom” I said, and she smiled, “I am sorry Gracie” she said, and I shook my head. “no mom, you don’t have to apologize, I understand” I said, and she shook her head. “I am sorry that even in my dying breath I am still unable to tell you that I love you. I guess you are just hard to love” she said, and I let go of her hand. “ouch, and I thought that I was the cruel one” Hendricks said looking at me with a smirk. Well, the rest is history.

*End of flashback *

That is where Hendricks got his words that he uses to hurt me every chance he gets.

Every chance he gets he tells me that I am hard to love, I mean it breaks me all the time because that’s the last words my mother said.

She was dying and she knew it, couldn’t she have just told me she loved me? even if it was a lie she could have just told me.

I turned around and noticed that the Alpha Prince was a little behind, I went back and then help him but at first he was reluctant but then he held my hand for support.

“how did you get them to sleep like that??” Harper asked me and if the past few months of my life have taught me anything is that don’t trust anyone.

“well, I spiked their drinks, by the time they realised we escaped we will be long gone” I said, and he looked at me with strange emotions.

We walked as fast as one could with an injured man leaning on her for support, but I was alert and made sure to look around.

One thing about Hendricks that I have noticed is that he tends to get too cocky, just like now and he thinks that he has handled me.

I wish I was a fly on his wall so I could watch him when he realises that I am gone, and I took Harper with me. first of all, I heard that it took almost all his men to capture Harper, hell half of them are dead and now one small woman ruined his plans.

His face will turn red like his hair, I wish I was there to see it but now I have important things to worry about.

Like getting this guy home and finding someone to remove this mark on my neck, how hard can that be??

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